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On Tuesday 28 September 2004 03:23 pm, Mark Dierolf wrote: |
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> What about python?? I hate python! |
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rewrite portage |
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> fbset?? Framebuffers suck! |
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was stripped out long ago from system |
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> nano?? I fucking hate nano, it frustrates the hell out of me! |
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system depends on virtual/editor; the default editor is nano because that is |
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by far the easiest to use for new users |
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in other words, we force *some* editor on you but you are certainly free to |
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choose a different one |
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> modutils?? I haven't used modules since 1998! |
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actually, it's module-init-tools, but i find this much less of an exception |
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than dhcp |
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> hdparm?? I don't even HAVE a hard disk on my PXEBOOT! |
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pxeboot -> netboot/embedded ... we have custom profiles to suite these systems |
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since the default is not useful |
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> slocate?? I've never used the locate database, my telepathy tells me where |
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> files are! |
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also been removed, but this change happened more recently |
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> There is a usability/space tradeoff for all of this. IMO, let's remove |
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> framebuffers, slocate, modutils, and hdparm from system, and THEN there |
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> might be a good enough argument to seriously justify leaving out dhcpcd. |
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well, considering most of the packages you're arguing against HAVE been |
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punted, i guess that means you're all for punting dhcpcd too |
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awesome ! :) |
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-mike |
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